The Walkmen: UFC Fight Night 32 Walkout Songs

Vitor
Belfort is a trailblazer. A pro since 1997, Belfort has seen it
all. At
UFC Fight Night 32, Belfort may have put two of the promotion’s
weight classes on notice: not only with his fight finishing
theatrics in the cage. but his next-level grand entrance walking to
it.

Fighting once again in front of his countrymen, Belfort selected
Jorge Quintero’s “300 Violin Orchestra Remix” as his battle cry.
But why let someone else sing you to the cage when you can chant
your own inspirational words across the arena’s loud speakers? Only
Belfort could walk out to a remixed version of a popular song with
his words interposed over the five minute anthem.

Pick-up trucks, warm apple pie, the bald eagle and Dan
Henderson’s right hand are points of pride for many if not all
citizens of the U.S. Few artists can turn the volume of American
patriotism up to 11, but Toby Keith may be one of them. On the last
fight of his UFC contract Henderson put his hand over his heart and
proudly marched to the cage to the tune of Keith’s 2011 No. 1 hit
“Made in America.”

In less than 80 seconds Belfort became the first man to knock out
Henderson and likely earned himself a second crack at the UFC’s
middleweight title. Belfort finished Henderson with an inspired
uppercut to the chin followed by a motivated head kick. Why aren’t
more fighters singing or chanting themselves to the cage?

On the undercard -- despite dancing in an often hostile environment
-- non-Brazil fighters ruled the walkout game.

Long live Ryan
LaFlare and his appetite for supersized hip-hop collaborations.
Prior to his win over Santiago
Ponzinibbio, LaFlare stepped out to A$AP Rocky’s song “1
Train.” The six minute track may feature more MCs -- Kendrick
Lamar, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big
K.R.I.T -- than LaFlare has training partners at his New York
gym.

The rebirth of Jeremy
Stephens as a UFC featherweight and the reemergence of classic
90s hip hop as viable walkout songs cannot be a coincidence. Two of
the three most important factors in Stephens win over Rony
Mariano Bezerra was his fearless ability to strike at range, a
perfectly timed head kick and his decision to walkout out to Gang
Starr’s 1998 jam “Work (Victory).”

Stephens’ path to victory came in the first round via a brutal head
kick. The 27-year-old Stephens has won his last two fights in his
new weight class while DJ Premier and Guru of Gang Starr would have
been amazing MMA corner men; work is victory and victory is
work.